Background
Meyer, Richard Erwin was born on September 20, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Erwin Conrad and Florence Nettie (Wussow) Meyer.
( In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy ...)
In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E. Meyer blend their respective disciplinary perspectives, along with their shared long-standing fascination with cemeteries and funerary material culture, to provide a thoroughgoing descriptive analysis of this dramatic chapter in the history of American memorial art.
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Cemeteries are open cultural texts, available to be read and appreciated by anyone who takes the time to learn their special language. Ethnicity and the American Cemetery explores the manner in which ethnic groups in America have made their cemeteries a most eloquent voice for the expression of values and worldviews. Contributors examine the material objects found within the cemeteries, as well as the customary practices bound to them. Contributors are from the fields of folklore, cultural history, historical archaeology, landscape architecture, and philosophy. Heavily illustrated, the volume also features an extensive annotated bibliography.
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Meyer, Richard Erwin was born on September 20, 1939 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Erwin Conrad and Florence Nettie (Wussow) Meyer.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Northwestern University, 1965. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1969. Postgraduate, University Oregon, 1975.
Director liberal arts seminars, assistant dean continuing education University Washington, Seattle, 1965-1969. Professor English/Folklore Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, since 1969. Consultant Office History Preservation, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1987, National Register History Places, Washington, 1992.
( Cemeteries are open cultural texts, available to be rea...)
( In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy ...)
Sergeant United States Army, 1958-196. Member American Folklore Society, American Culture Association (chairman cemeteries and gravemarkers section since 1984-1995), Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Oregon Folklore Society (president 1975-1976), Association for Gravestone Studies,Council of Editors of Learned Journals, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Society of the First Infantry Division, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Knights of Columbus.
Married Lotte Norvig Larsen, September 10, 1983. 1 child, Anne Elizabeth.